IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 10 OF 2026
(AMIT S. JAMSANDEKAR, J.)
Disposed on 16.04.2026
SUNITA KRISHNA PANDEY … PETITIONER
VERSUS
VPK URBAN CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT
SOCIETY LTD., … RESPONDENT
Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 – Section 145(2) – there are no reasons assigned by the learned Judge for dismissing the Application filed by the Petitioner under Section 145(2) of the N.I. Act. – the impugned order is quashed and set aside – direction -The learned Judge shall consider the averments made in the Application under Section 145(2) of the N.I. Act and the record before it, including the defences, if any raised in the Application and then pass its order citing reasons in the support of the same.
FACTS
By the present Petition, the Petitioner has challenged the order dated 13.11.2025 (impugned order), passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Ponda (learned Judge) in Criminal Case No. OA/NIA/7/2022/B. By the impugned order, the learned Judge has rejected the Application filed by the Petitioner under Section 145(2) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (N.I. Act ). The impugned order dated 13.11.2025 reads as follows:-
“Rejected as no sufficient grounds of defence are made out.”
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